Human Consumption Is Main Threat

In the Aug. 15 article "Concern Voiced for Forests, Farms" [Connecticut], environmentalists and state officials worry about the loss of hundreds of acres of farmland and forests for solar projects and other energy developments. I applaud this concern, but the focus should be on the endless destruction of forest and farmland from human development.

According to Tom Condon's April 16 CT Mirror article "Could CT See Another Wave Of Sprawl," the destruction earnestly began following World War II. Between 1985 and 2010, the state lost to development about 70 square miles of farmland and 190 square miles of forestland; and from 2011 to 2015 lost another six square miles, or on average about 1,000 acres annually in recent years.

Our state and nation relies on a human procreation and natural consumption model for economic health and happiness. Regardless of near-term detriment to human profit and pleasure, the economic model has to change if the environment and the natural world is to survive. Unrestricted procreation and consumption is the greatest threat to a quality human future, and indeed, survival. Any contrary demagoguery by Donald Trump be damned.